Month: March 2020

(Image via Wikipedia) In recent days I’ve seen multiple articles warning of dire hospital conditions, anonymous reports of shortages without naming the hospitals, rumors online about panicked nurses, and other “sky-is-falling” Chicken Little-ism over the Chinese-made Coronapocalypse. One of the claims comes from Hillary Clinton herself, citing a CBS News article and claiming nurses are
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In Los Angeles, Cleveland and other U.S. cities, officials have begun releasing prisoners early to stop coronavirus spread; reaction from Nicole Malliotakis, Republican member of the New York State Assembly. #FoxNews #Tucker FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer
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Health workers at a new drive-thru coronavirus testing center at Bergen Community College in Paramus, N.J., March 20, 2020. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters) Last updated March 20, 3:30pm EST There are now three coronavirus clusters in the U.S.: New York, California, and Washington. As of Friday afternoon, more than 7,000 New Yorkers had tested positive for the
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Senator Sherrod Brown (D, Ohio) speaks at the Ohio Democratic election night party in Columbus, November 6, 2018. (Aaron Josefczyk/Reuters ) Senator Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio) claimed in a conference call with reporters Wednesday that President Trump could cite the delay of Ohio’s presidential primary as a “precedent” in making the case to delay the
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Charles Fain Lehman has written an assessment for the Washington Free Beacon of the policy divide among congressional Republicans on how best to confront the economic dimension of the coronavirus outbreak. He argues that the debate maps at least partly onto pre-existing political struggles within the Republican Party, pitting those open to greater government intervention,
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On Wednesday, Senate Republicans unveiled the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which would be the third major piece of legislation to help Americans amid the coronavirus crisis. The Heritage Foundation analyzed this byzantine labyrinth of proposals and raised important alarms about many provisions while acknowledging the bill’s many positive reforms. American businesses are
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A medical worker exits a tent erected to test for the coronavirus at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., March 19, 2020. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) Like many Americans, I’ve been tracking statistical reports about the coronavirus pandemic. In particular, I’ve been closely following Worldometer, which seems reliable, covers the globe, and gets updated frequently. It
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Mike Bloomberg appears before supporters after ending his campaign for president in Manhattan in New York City, New York, March 4, 2020. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters) Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg is shelving plans for an organization that would have channeled funds toward the Democratic presidential nominee’s campaign, electing instead to donate funds to the Democratic
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During today’s meeting of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, the liberal majority voted to issue a statement expressing “grave concern” regarding “growing anti-Asian racism and xenophobia” related to the coronavirus pandemic. Of course, my conservative colleague Gail Heriot and I oppose expressions of racism, if any, related to the pandemic or otherwise. But we
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Can we learn from the past to avoid future outbreaks? #FoxNews #TheFive FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX News Sunday on FOX Broadcasting Company and FOX News Edge. A
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Deutsche Welle reports that researchers at Iran’s own Sharif Institute of Technology in Tehran have come up with a best-case and a worst-case scenario on Iran’s coronavirus crisis. In the best-case scenario—“in which the government quarantines all high-risk areas, people strictly obey quarantine rules, and access to sufficient medical supplies is guaranteed—the country would reach
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This might come as a surprise to many who argue that closing the southern border is all but impossible. After reaching agreement with Canada to close the northern border to all but trade and the most essential travel, the US and Mexico may announce a similar agreement as early as today. Homeland Security Secretary Chad
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South Korea is the country that appears to have handled this crisis best. One thing it has managed to do is to focus social controls on sick people (or potentially sick people) and their contacts more than the blunderbuss closings and lockdowns that we are resorting to. It’d be much better if we were able
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Voter Fred Hoffman fills out his ballot during the primary election in Ottawa, Ill., March 17, 2020. The polling station was relocated from a nearby nursing home to a former supermarket due to concerns over the outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus. (Daniel Acker/Reuters) Just this once, maybe we should try a different voting system. We are
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Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks next to Michael J. Ryan, Executive Director of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme, during a news conference on the coronavirus in Geneva, Switzerland, January 29, 2020. (Denis Balibouse/Reuters) A tweet from the World Health Organization, January 14: “Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities
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It’s a fait accompli. Former Vice President Joe Biden will be the Democratic nominee. Sure, Sen. Bernie Sanders (S-USSR) still has a slight mathematical possibility of winning enough delegates to unseat the frontrunner, but it’s effectively a done deal. CNN is shutting down its Democratic primary podcast, the Forecast Fest, because the battle’s over, and
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Senator Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) on Capitol Hill, March 25, 2019 (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Senator Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) told colleagues during a closed-door lunch on Thursday that he and recently-appointed White House Chief-of-Staff Mark Meadows are telling President Trump to oppose direct cash payments to Americans during the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. 🚨🚨NEWS, from the closed
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Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard greets supporters at the State House in Concord, N.H., November 5, 2019. (Mike Segar/Reuters) Democratic presidential contender Tulsi Gabbard ended her 2020 campaign on Thursday and said she will support Joe Biden for the party’s nomination. The Hawaii congresswoman said Super Tuesday’s primary results showed that Democratic primary voters have
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (File photo: Mike Theiler/Reuters) Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) and Senate Republicans released the text for their massive phase-three coronavirus relief package Thursday, outlining a trillion-dollar plan that includes direct payments of $1,200 per person and $2,400 for couples to help offset economic losses amid the growing pandemic. McConnell
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It is absolutely baffling. Last Tuesday, with lockdowns spreading throughout the world as the extent of the threat posed by COVID-19 became clear, videos circulated of tens of thousands of people at a Stereophonics gig in Cardiff, Wales, jumping up and down, singing along to their favorite songs. France, … Read More
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New York governor Andrew Cuomo (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he would help with New York City mayor Bill de Blasio’s plea for ventilators to deal with the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic, as New York governor Andrew Cuomo warned that the state could hit “a peak in about five or six weeks”
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Once the coronavirus crisis passes, we’ll need to starting treating China like the dangerous, Cold War-level adversary it has clearly become. #FoxNews #Tucker FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX
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